Stories from The Well

Mindful Music Moments

'Mindful Music Moments' Spends an Afternoon at the Cincinnati Zoo for Field Recordings Project

Thanks to the Ohio Arts Council, The Well received an ArtStart grant to commission Ohio-based musicians to create 6 new Mindful Music pieces and accompanying videos for the upcoming school...

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Creating a Sense of Ease in Difficult Times with Mindful Music

A visit to the hospital can be uncomfortable for anyone. But for a child, the beeping of machinery, the constant shuffle of nurses and the unfamiliarity can make rest feel...

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Educators Utilizing Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom

Each weekday morning, 150 schools (and counting) who participate in Mindful Music Moments start their day with a mindfulness prompt focused around a 3- to 5-minute clip of world-class music. This...

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Mindful Visit: Max Raphael at Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary got a unique visitor this week. Soundhealer Max Raphael of True Resonance (on the playlist Week 17), introduced students to his unique array of instruments such as the...

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Mindful Music Reaches Beyond the Classroom for Family Participation

We believe having a personal or family mindfulness practice is essential to combat the day-to-day stress of life, heightened by our dependence on the digital world. We are listening to...

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Meaningful Arts Partnerships Make Beautiful Music

In our Cincinnati-cohort schools this week, some 30,000 students will listen to music created especially for Mindful Music. Mindful Music Moments is privileged to collaborate with creative artists of all types,...

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Self Expression Lesson Plan with Napoleon Maddox's I Offer Me Still

Thanks to Indian Hill Middle School for inspiring this lesson plan using Napoleon Maddox's Spoken Word Guided Meditation, created for Mindful Music Moments in 2017. Learn to notice what a...

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Take a breath, say thank you, live better.

We love this simple graphic from the Huffington Post and its partners on how practicing gratitude affects both mind and body for better living. Mindful Music helps our students have a...

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Donors to our School Support Fund, 2017

We are so thankful to generous donors who have enabled us to fund schools who need extra support. This year, we have been able to provide full or partial funds to...

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"The best part of their day": Mindful Music Moments at Wilcox Primary School

Mindful Music Moments school partner Wilcox Primary School (Twinsburg, Ohio) kicked off its MMM programming earlier this year, and they provided this happy update: Wilcox Primary School began Mindful Music Moments...

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Mindful Music Moments receives attention from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Plain Dealer arts writer Zachary Lewis highlighted Mindful Music Moments in its roundup of outreach and educational events recently announced by The Cleveland Orchestra. Mindful Music Moments is proud to...

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Musical momentum: How one school brought music back into the classroom and engineered an incredible turnaround

The Guardian (U.K.) profiled the surprising turnaround of Feversham Primary Academy (located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire), a once-struggling institution that embraced an unconventional approach to academic improvement. The...